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# Species:1110
# Excl Vagrants:1044
# Endemics:22
# Near Endemics:87

List of species that are endemic (E), near endemic (NE), have restricted ranges in the country (RR), or occur only locally (LC) in the country excluding vagrants and accidentals. Table also shows species with globally threatened or endangered status according to the IUCN.*

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1Greater RheaRhea americana NT
2Solitary TinamouTinamus solitarius NT
3Huayco TinamouRhynchotus maculicollisNE 
4Quebracho Crested-TinamouEudromia formosaNE 
5Patagonian TinamouTinamotis ingoufiNE 
6Orinoco GooseOressochen jubata NT
7Kelp GooseChloephaga hybridaNE 
8Ashy-headed GooseChloephaga poliocephalaNE 
9Ruddy-headed GooseChloephaga rubidicepsNE 
10Flying Steamer-DuckTachyeres patachonicusNE 
11Flightless Steamer-DuckTachyeres pteneresNE 
12Falkland Steamer-DuckTachyeres brachypterusE 
13White-headed Steamer-DuckTachyeres leucocephalusEV
14Spectacled DuckSpeculanas specularisNENT
15Brazilian MerganserMergus octosetaceus CR
16Rusty-margined GuanPenelope superciliaris NT
17Red-faced GuanPenelope dabbeneiNE 
18Yungas GuanPenelope bridgesiNE 
19Black-fronted Piping-GuanPipile jacutinga EN
20Bare-faced CurassowCrax fasciolata V
21Chilean PigeonPatagioenas araucanaNE 
22Purple-winged Ground DoveParaclaravis geoffroyi CR
23Bare-eyed Ground DoveMetriopelia morenoiE 
24Large-tailed DoveLeptotila megaluraNE 
25Sickle-winged NightjarEleothreptus anomalus V
26Long-trained NightjarMacropsalis forcipataNE 
27Rothschild's SwiftCypseloides rothschildiNENT
28Green-backed FirecrownSephanoides sephaniodesNE 
29Juan Fernandez FirecrownSephanoides fernandensisECR
30Wedge-tailed HillstarOreotrochilus adelaNE 
31Blue-capped PufflegEriocnemis glaucopoidesNE 
32Stripe-breasted StarthroatHeliomaster squamosusE 
33Slender-tailed WoodstarMicrostilbon burmeisteriNE 
34Austral RailRallus antarcticusNEV
35Horned CootFulica cornuta NT
36Dot-winged CrakeLaterallus spiloptera V
37Magellanic PloverPluvianellus socialisNENT
38Magellanic OystercatcherHaematopus leucopodusNE 
39Diademed Sandpiper-PloverPhegornis mitchellii NT
40Snowy PloverAnarhynchus nivosus NT
41White-bellied SeedsnipeAttagis malouinusNE 
42Fuegian SnipeGallinago stricklandiiNENT
43Red KnotCalidris canutus NT
44Buff-breasted SandpiperCalidris subruficollis NT
45Olrog's GullLarus atlanticus NT
46Chilean FlamingoPhoenicopterus chilensis NT
47Andean FlamingoPhoenicoparrus andinus V
48James's FlamingoPhoenicoparrus jamesi NT
49Silvery GrebePodiceps occipitalisLC 
50Hooded GrebePodiceps gallardoiNECR
51Emperor PenguinAptenodytes forsteri NT
52African PenguinSpheniscus demersus EN
53Macaroni PenguinEudyptes chrysolophus V
54Southern Rockhopper PenguinEudyptes chrysocome V
55Southern Royal AlbatrossDiomedea epomophora V
56Snowy AlbatrossDiomedea exulans V
57Sooty AlbatrossPhoebetria fusca EN
58Light-mantled AlbatrossPhoebetria palpebrata NT
59Atlantic Yellow-nosed AlbatrossThalassarche chlororhynchos EN
60Gray-headed AlbatrossThalassarche chrysostoma EN
61White-capped AlbatrossThalassarche cauta NT
62Juan Fernandez PetrelPterodroma externa V
63Atlantic PetrelPterodroma incerta EN
64Gray PetrelProcellaria cinerea NT
65White-chinned PetrelProcellaria aequinoctialis V
66Spectacled PetrelProcellaria conspicillata V
67Sooty ShearwaterArdenna griseus NT
68Red-legged CormorantPoikilocarbo gaimardi NT
69Guanay CormorantLeucocarbo bougainvilliorum NT
70South Georgia ShagLeucocarbo georgianusE 
71Agami HeronAgamia agami V
72Andean CondorVultur gryphus V
73Ornate Hawk-EagleSpizaetus ornatus NT
74Black-and-chestnut EagleSpizaetus isidori EN
75Harpy EagleHarpia harpyja V
76Gray-bellied HawkAccipiter poliogaster NT
77Chilean HawkAstur chilensisNE 
78Solitary EagleButeogallus solitarius NT
79Chaco EagleButeogallus coronatus EN
80Rufous-tailed HawkButeo ventralisNEV
81Montane Forest Screech-OwlMegascops hoyiNE 
82Austral Pygmy-OwlGlaucidium nanaNE 
83Chaco OwlStrix chacoensis NT
84Saffron ToucanetPteroglossus bailloni NT
85Ocellated PiculetPicumnus dorbignyanusRR 
86Mottled PiculetPicumnus nebulosusRRNT
87Dot-fronted WoodpeckerDryobates frontalisNE 
88Magellanic WoodpeckerCampephilus magellanicusNE 
89Black-bodied WoodpeckerDryocopus schulzii NT
90Helmeted WoodpeckerCeleus galeatus V
91White-browed WoodpeckerPiculus aurulentus NT
92Chilean FlickerColaptes pitiusNE 
93White-throated CaracaraDaptrius albogularisNE 
94Striated CaracaraDaptrius australisNENT
95Orange-breasted FalconFalco deiroleucus NT
96Vinaceous-breasted AmazonAmazona vinacea EN
97Tucuman AmazonAmazona tucumanaNEV
98Red-spectacled AmazonAmazona pretrei V
99Turquoise-fronted AmazonAmazona aestiva NT
100Austral ParakeetEnicognathus ferrugineusNE 
101Blue-winged MacawPrimolius maracana NT
102Military MacawAra militaris V
103White-bearded AntshrikeBiatas nigropectusNEV
104Bertoni's AntbirdDrymophila rubricollisRR 
105White-throated AntpittaGrallaria albigulaRR 
106Black-throated Huet-huetPteroptochos tarniiNE 
107Chucao TapaculoScelorchilus rubeculaNE 
108Sandy GallitoTeledromas fuscusE 
109Spotted BamboowrenPsilorhamphus guttatusNE 
110Ochre-flanked TapaculoEugralla paradoxaNE 
111Planalto TapaculoScytalopus pachecoiNE 
112Magellanic TapaculoScytalopus magellanicusNE 
113White-browed TapaculoScytalopus superciliarisE 
114Zimmer's TapaculoScytalopus zimmeriNE 
115Short-billed MinerGeositta antarcticaNE 
116Creamy-rumped MinerGeositta isabellinaNE 
117White-throated TreerunnerPygarrhichas albogularisNE 
118Band-tailed EarthcreeperOchetorhynchus phoenicurusNE 
119Bolivian EarthcreeperTarphonomus hartertiNE 
120Patagonian Forest EarthcreeperUpucerthia saturatiorNE 
121Blackish CinclodesCinclodes antarcticusNENT
122Cordoba CinclodesCinclodes comechingonusE 
123Olrog's CinclodesCinclodes olrogiE 
124Gray-flanked CinclodesCinclodes oustaletiNE 
125Dark-bellied CinclodesCinclodes patagonicusNE 
126White-browed Foliage-gleanerAnabacerthia amaurotis NT
127Canebrake GroundcreeperClibanornis dendrocolaptoides NT
128Thorn-tailed RayaditoAphrastura spinicaudaNE 
129Des Murs's WiretailSylviorthorhynchus desmursiiNE 
130Brown-capped Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura fuliginicepsNE 
131Araucaria Tit-SpinetailLeptasthenura setaria NT
132Spot-breasted ThornbirdPhacellodomus maculipectusNE 
133Hudson's CanasteroAsthenes hudsoni NT
134Austral CanasteroAsthenes anthoidesNE 
135Maquis CanasteroAsthenes heteruraNE 
136Straight-billed ReedhaunterLimnoctites rectirostris NT
137Patagonian CanasteroPseudasthenes patagonicaE 
138Steinbach's CanasteroPseudasthenes steinbachiE 
139Bay-capped Wren-SpinetailSpartonoica maluroides NT
140White-throated CacholotePseudoseisura gutturalisE 
141Rufous-tailed PlantcutterPhytotoma raraNE 
142Swallow-tailed CotingaPhibalura flavirostris NT
143Bare-throated BellbirdProcnias nudicollis NT
144Black-capped PipritesPiprites pileataLCNT
145Russet-winged SpadebillPlatyrinchus leucoryphus V
146Bay-ringed TyrannuletPhylloscartes sylviolus NT
147Southern Bristle-TyrantPogonotriccus eximius NT
148Buff-banded TyrannuletMecocerculus hellmayriRR 
149Bearded TachuriPolystictus pectoralis NT
150Sharp-tailed TyrantCulicivora caudacuta V
151Dinelli's DoraditoPseudocolopteryx dinelliana NT
152Ticking DoraditoPseudocolopteryx citreolaNE 
153Sclater's TyrannuletPhyllomyias sclateriRR 
154Salinas MonjitaNeoxolmis salinarumENT
155Rusty-backed MonjitaNeoxolmis rubetraE 
156White-tailed Shrike-TyrantAgriornis albicauda V
157Great Shrike-TyrantAgriornis lividusNE 
158Black-and-white MonjitaHeteroxolmis dominicanus V
159Cock-tailed TyrantAlectrurus tricolor V
160Strange-tailed TyrantAlectrurus risora V
161Patagonian TyrantColorhamphus parvirostrisNE 
162Azure JayCyanocorax caeruleus NT
163Creamy-bellied GnatcatcherPolioptila lactea NT
164Cobb's WrenTroglodytes cobbiE 
165Rufous-throated DipperCinclus schulziiNEV
166Chilean MockingbirdMimus thencaNE 
167Brown-backed MockingbirdMimus dorsalisLC 
168Speckled Nightingale-ThrushCatharus maculatusLC 
169Puna PipitAnthus brevirostrisRR 
170Pampas PipitAnthus chacoensisNE 
171South Georgia PipitAnthus antarcticusE 
172Ochre-breasted PipitAnthus nattereri V
173Hellmayr's PipitAnthus hellmayriLC 
174Green-throated EuphoniaEuphonia chalybeaRRNT
175Yungas SparrowRhynchospiza dabbeneiNE 
176Moss-backed SparrowArremon doribniiNE 
177Fulvous-headed BrushfinchAtlapetes fulvicepsNE 
178Yellow-striped BrushfinchAtlapetes citrinellusE 
179Pampas MeadowlarkLeistes defilippii V
180Long-tailed MeadowlarkLeistes loycaNE 
181Austral BlackbirdCuraeus curaeusNE 
182Scarlet-headed BlackbirdAmblyramphus holosericeusLC 
183Chopi BlackbirdGnorimopsar chopiLC 
184Saffron-cowled BlackbirdXanthopsar flavusLCEN
185Yellow-rumped MarshbirdPseudoleistes guirahuroLC 
186White-browed WarblerMyiothlypis leucoblepharaLC 
187Pale-legged WarblerMyiothlypis signataLC 
188Brown-capped RedstartMyioborus brunnicepsNE 
189Chestnut-headed TanagerThlypopsis pyrrhocomaRR 
190Rust-and-yellow TanagerThlypopsis ruficepsLC 
191Ruby-crowned TanagerTachyphonus coronatusLC 
192Rufous-bellied Mountain TanagerPseudosaltator rufiventrisNE 
193Chestnut-backed TanagerStilpnia preciosaLC 
194Green-headed TanagerTangara seledonLC 
195Gray-hooded Sierra FinchPhrygilus gayiNE 
196Red-backed Sierra FinchIdiopsar dorsalisRR 
197Short-tailed FinchIdiopsar brachyurusRR 
198White-bridled FinchMelanodera melanoderaNE 
199Gray-crested FinchLophospingus griseocristatusNE 
200Carbonated Sierra FinchPorphyrospiza carbonariusE 
201Rusty-browed Warbling FinchPoospiza erythrophrysNE 
202Cinnamon Warbling FinchPoospiza ornataE 
203Black-and-chestnut Warbling FinchPoospiza whitiiNE 
204Tucuman Mountain-FinchPoospiza baeriNEV
205Rufous-sided Warbling FinchPoospizopsis hypochondriaNE 
206Stripe-tailed Yellow-FinchSicalis citrinaLC 
207Puna Yellow-FinchSicalis luteaLC 
208Monte Yellow-FinchSicalis mendozaeE 
209Patagonian Yellow-FinchSicalis lebruniNE 
210Lesser Grass-FinchEmberizoides ypiranganusLC 
211Dark-throated SeedeaterSporophila ruficollis NT
212Ibera SeedeaterSporophila iberaensisLC 
213Marsh SeedeaterSporophila palustris EN
214Rufous-rumped SeedeaterSporophila hypochroma NT
215Chestnut SeedeaterSporophila cinnamomea V
216Coal-crested FinchCharitospiza eucosma NT
217Black-masked FinchCoryphaspiza melanotis V
218Yellow CardinalGubernatrix cristata EN
219Black-throated GrosbeakSaltator fuliginosusLC 

 

 *Nomenclature and taxonomic affinities are based on Clements 6th Edition published 2007 with updates through 2021 maintained by the Cornell Laboratory of Ornithology, which relies largely on the AOU and SACC nomenclature committees. IUCN status may reflect splits not currently recognized by Clements.
**Species not accepted by Clements, AOU, or SACC that we recognize based on the IOC, field observations along with geographical separation, consensus opinions of field guide authors, and other sources. These species are potential splits in future Clements updates.

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DISTRIBUTION CODES

CodeDescription##
EEndemic21
LCLocal20
NENear Endemic87
RRRestricted Range11

STATUS CODES

CodeDescription##
NTNear Threatened12
VVulnerable8
ENEndangered1
CRCritically Endangered2

Species counts in code tables depend on completeness of the data. For some countries or locales, data may not include all species or information on species presence may be incomplete.